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PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905 D. w. BROMLBY.

GATE- APPLICATION FILED MAYQ. 1905.

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. fJuue/wfoz 19mm! UNITED srarns earns DANIEL WV. BROMLEY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO BROMLEY AUTOMATIC GATE COMPANY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.-

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed May 9, 1905. Serial No. 259,572.

. a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful 1mprovements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily opened or closed at a point remote therefrom by a person seated in a vehicle or mounted on horseback, one wherein the operating mechanism will readily release the gate and swing the same to open or closed position, and one wherein the gate may be opened in either direction, the mechanism being operable for this purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a gate-opening mechanism comprising a plurality of levers having a compound movement and one wherein the levers when operated serve to give a forcible opening or closing movement to the gate.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination'of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a gate and its operating mechanism embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the gate, showing the latter in open position. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section, of the upper hinge. Fig. L is a perspective view of one of the bearings for the operating-levers. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a part of the upper hinge. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one of the keepers for looking the gate in open position. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the keeper carried by the latchpost. Figs. 8 and 9 are elevations of the gate portions of the upper and lower hinges.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a gate, 2 its hinge-post, and 3 its latch-post, these parts being of the usual or any appropriate construction and material, there being disposed at opposite sides of the gate in line with and appropriately remote from the hinge 'post 2 auxiliary posts or standards 1 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The gate is connected with the post 2 by means of upper and lower hinges, of which the latter comprises a member 5 secured to the post and a member 6 attached to the gate,

the members 5 and 6 having horizontal portions or flanges perforated for the reception of a pivoting member or bolt 7, while the up per hinge comprises a member 8 attached to the post, a member 9 secured to the gate. and

a connecting member or link 10, pivotall-y con nected withthe members 8 and 9 by means of pintles 11 12, as seen more clearly in Fig. 3. The hinge member 8 is provided with a pair of spaced horizontal cars which receive betweenthem the adjacent end of the connecting member or link 10, and with a rib 13 constituting a stop or abutment, while the link has laterally-projecting portions or enlargements 14, adapted to coact with the abutment 13 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

Pivoted to each of the posts 4. is a system of actuating-levers comprising an upper lever 16, a lower lever 17, and a pair of normally vertical levers 18 and 19, pivoted, respectively, to the levers 16 17, the lever 18 being in turn pivoted to the lever 19 at a point adjacent the longitudinal center of the latter, while the outer free end of lever 19 is connected, by means of a rigid element or link 20, with the hinged end of the gate through the medium of a member 21, attached to the rear vertical end bar of the gate and having a vertically-uprising reduced portion or pintle 22, which enters through an eye in the adjacent end of the link 20 for pivotally connecting said parts.

Fastened upon the top of each post 4: is a bearing member or casting 23, having a pair of vertically-uprising spaced portions or ears 2 1, between the upper ends of which there is pivoted on a pintle an operating member or lever 26, equipped at its outer end with a rigid vertically-depending push or pull rod 27 and pivoted at its inner end to the lever 18 at a point adjacent the longitudinal center of the latter.

Carried by the front end bar of the gate 1 is a spring-latch 28,-designed for engagement with a horizontal keeper 29, attached to the latch-post 3, said keeper having a pair of reversely-inclined faces 30, on which the latch will ride when the gate moves to closed position from either direction, and a latch-receiving socket or recess 31, in which the latch seats for locking the gate closed, while to each of the posts 4 there is secured a keeper 32, having an inclined face 33, a latch-receiving socket 34, and a projection 35, constituting a stop or abutment for limiting the opening movement of the gate after the latch 28 has seated in the socket 34, it being apparent that the keepers 32 cooperate with the latch for maintaining the gate in open position.

In practice, supposing the gate to be in closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the parts of the gate-operating mechanism in their normal positions, if it be desired to open the gate the operator grasps the pull-rod 27 and draws downward thereon, thus swinging the outer end of lever 26 downward and causing the outer end of lever 16 to move upward and the lower end of lever 18 to swing outward, the lever 18 in turn acting upon lever 19 for swinging its free end toward the gate and exerting a pushing force upon the latter through the medium of the element or link 20. \Vhe'n the outer end of lever 26 is first drawn downward, the upper end of the rear bar of the gate will, through the medium of the link connection 10 between the hinge members 8 and 9, move out of alinement with the lower hinge, while at the same time the front end of the gate will be moved sufiiciently for disengaging the latch 28 from its keeper 29, while at the same time an initial movement is imparted to the gate, which latter, owing to the tilting of its rear bar, swings by gravity to open position, as will be readily understood. Upon the gate completing its open movement the latch 28 contacts with the abutment 35 of the adjacent keeper 32 and is thus directed into the socket 34:, at the same time limiting the movement of the gate and locking the latter in open position, while at the same time the projecting portions 14: of the link 10 contact with the abutment 13, thereby gradually decreasing the momentum of the gate to obviate an undue shock upon the latch 28 when contacting with the abutment 35. WVhen the gate is in open position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the set of operating-levers will occupy the positions illustrated at the right in said figure, and a downward movement of the adjacent operating-lever 26 will serve to exert direct force upon the pintle 22 for lifting the forward end of the gate and releasing the latch 28 from the keeper 32, whereupon the gate will be tilted from the vertical, as heretofore explained, and given an initial impetus, whereupon it will close automatically by gravity. It is to be noted in this connection that when one of the rods 27 is drawn downward the gate will be caused to swing away from the operator; but should it be desired to have the gate open toward the operator the rod 27 will be pushed upward, thereby reversing the action of the levers 18 and 19 and causing them to exert traction upon the link 20.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device admirably adapt-ed for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, is claimed as new is In a device of the class described, a hingepost, a gate, upper and lower hinges connecting the gate with the post, said upper hinge comprising hinge members attached respectively to the post and gate, and a link connecting the hinge members, a standard disposed at a point remote from the gate, a system of operating-levers pivotally connected with the standard, an actuating-lever pivoted on the standard and to one of the operating-levers, and a link connecting another of the operatinglevers with the upper rear end of the gate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL W. BROMLEY.

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Witnesses:

W. D. NICHOLAS, M. (J. OLDHAM. 

